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  Boon, Ratliff
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NameRatliff Boon
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Louisiana, Missouri , United States
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Born January 18, 1781
Died November 20, 1844 (63 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Oct 26, 2007 04:45pm
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InfoBOON, Ratliff, a Representative from Indiana; born in Franklin County, N.C., January 18, 1781; moved with his parents to Warren County, Ky.; attended the public schools; moved to Danville, Ky., and learned the gunsmith’s trade; moved to what is now Boon Township, Warrick County, Ind., in 1809; on the organization of Warrick County was appointed its first treasurer in 1813; member of the State house of representatives in 1816 and 1817; served in the State senate in 1818; elected Lieutenant Governor of Indiana in 1819; upon the resignation of Jonathan Jennings became Governor and served from September 12 to December 5, 1822; reelected Lieutenant Governor in August 1822 and served until January 30, 1824, when he resigned to become a candidate for Congress; elected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1827); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1826 to the Twentieth Congress; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first through Twenty-fourth Congresses and as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1839); chairman, Committee on Public Lands (Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1836; moved to Pike County, Mo., in 1839; died in Louisiana, Mo., on November 20, 1844; interment in Riverview Cemetery.


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  08/05/1844 MO At-Large Lost 9.10% (-2.92%)
  08/07/1837 IN - District 01 Won 50.37% (+0.74%)
  08/03/1835 IN - District 01 Won 51.36% (+2.72%)
  08/05/1833 IN - District 01 Won 50.62% (+36.35%)
  08/05/1831 IN - District 01 Won 50.93% (+1.86%)
  08/04/1828 IN - District 01 Won 50.31% (+0.62%)
  08/07/1826 IN - District 01 Lost 42.82% (-0.17%)
  08/02/1824 IN District 1 Won 42.12% (+10.42%)
  09/12/1822 IN Governor - Acting Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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